package symlink import ( "fmt" "os" "path" "path/filepath" "strings" ) const maxLoopCounter = 100 // FollowSymlink will follow an existing link and scope it to the root // path provided. func FollowSymlinkInScope(link, root string) (string, error) { prev := "/" root, err := filepath.Abs(root) if err != nil { return "", err } link, err = filepath.Abs(link) if err != nil { return "", err } if !strings.HasPrefix(filepath.Dir(link), root) { return "", fmt.Errorf("%s is not within %s", link, root) } for _, p := range strings.Split(link, "/") { prev = filepath.Join(prev, p) prev = filepath.Clean(prev) loopCounter := 0 for { loopCounter++ if loopCounter >= maxLoopCounter { return "", fmt.Errorf("loopCounter reached MAX: %v", loopCounter) } if !strings.HasPrefix(prev, root) { // Don't resolve symlinks outside of root. For example, // we don't have to check /home in the below. // // /home -> usr/home // FollowSymlinkInScope("/home/bob/foo/bar", "/home/bob/foo") break } stat, err := os.Lstat(prev) if err != nil { if os.IsNotExist(err) { break } return "", err } if stat.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == os.ModeSymlink { dest, err := os.Readlink(prev) if err != nil { return "", err } if path.IsAbs(dest) { prev = filepath.Join(root, dest) } else { prev, _ = filepath.Abs(prev) if prev = filepath.Clean(filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(prev), dest)); len(prev) < len(root) { prev = filepath.Join(root, filepath.Base(dest)) } } } else { break } } } return prev, nil }